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When social media becomes the courtroom: How internet sleuths could jeopardise fair trials
True-crime podcasts and online speculation are increasingly shaping public perceptions of criminal cases before they reach trial, raising important questions about the presumption of innocence and the right to a fair hearing.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy speaks with Avinash Singh, principal lawyer at Astor Legal, about the tension between open justice and trial fairness in the digital age, when media coverage and online commentary risk prejudicing potential jurors, the effectiveness of jury directions in an era of widespread digital information, the legal…
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